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Edward Harold Bushen and Clara Croft married on 3 May 1947 at Petite Riviere, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002347

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472347

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village Petite Riviere

  Street or Road Parsonage


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bushen, Edward Harold

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 55   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin German

10. Residence West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Lemuel M. Bushen

13. Maiden name of mother Anna Shonagle

14. Birthplace Father West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia   Mother West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Croft, Clara

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 43   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Blandford, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Haliburton Gates

26. Maiden name of mother Clara Publicover

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 3 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86790


32. Signature of

Groom Edward Harold Bushen

Bride   Clara Croft

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gains LeRoy Jodrey

Address   Petite Riviere, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Name Garnett Lillian Bushen

Address   West Dublin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman W.K. MacKay

Address Petite Riviere, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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